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Originally Posted by winstonscifi
Hi Folks, just noticed this today. 30000 miles on my 2015 FRS. Is this a warranty issue? I talked to the service manager at my dealership. He took pictures and is going to check on it for me. What's your thoughts? By the way, I did a search for upholstery wear and this thread came up. I'm not the original poster, and I'm not disappointed in Toyota. Also, I'm 5 foot 10 inches tall and 159 pounds. Just trying to cover the bases here. Do you think that this seat should be wearing like this? Sorry about the orientation of the photo. This is the driver's seat outside bolster door side. Thanks in advance! Attachment 179591 |
Ok, so far the responses are:
1:touch it up with a black sharpie
2: live with it or park it
and my favorite:
3:totaled
Seriously, I always laugh out loud when someone on the forum asks advice on what they should do when they have a door ding, bug splatter, other minor problem and the response is "totaled".
That's why I love this forum.
I've been on the planet for 65 years now, and I've bought plenty of new cars, and really, I've never seen wear like this on a driver's seat in such a short time and in so few miles.
I take that back, way back in 1976, I bought a brand new Fiat X1/9. It was the fanciest new car I had ever purchased. It had factory air conditioning! The targa top came off and stowed in the front cargo area. I was working as a fast food manager for a national chain of hamburger joints, and there was a local parade, so I took off the top, and my assistant manager donned a Hamburger Hungry suit and stood up on the passenger seat of my fairly new sports car. We were positioned behind the elephant in the parade. While I was trying to drive behind this huge animal, working the clutch and trying not to overheat the engine, (and drive around all the circus animal crap in the road), my assistant manager was throwing out candy and coupons to the kids by the side of the road. At the end of the day, my fairly new passenger seat was completely torn apart - seams ripped and foam padding bulging through. So, I guess, that seat died sooner than this driver's seat.
By the way, if any of you old guys can name the national chain that had Hamburger Hungry as the spokesperson, you will win a free beer from me if you ever get up here to the frozen north.
Anyway, the service manager said he would talk to Toyota and find out if there can be anything done - I'm thinking that, at best, I might get a discount on a new seat cover.
My purpose of this post was pretty much to see if anyone else experienced this wearing of the driver's seat in such a short time.
Thanks again, and thanks for letting me walk down memory lane....
and letting me drag all of you along with me!